"Annie: Pocahontas" hasn't caused much repercussions after its release, both in North America and in China. It was rare to be nominated for the best original song in the Golden Globes before, and it was a waste of time. "Anne" has been filmed in many versions of the movie. The 2014 version is obviously different from the old version in plot and casting. In order to adapt the 90-year-old "Anne" to the audience's thoughts and thoughts in 2014 , Producer Will Smith and director Will Güller also made no little effort. They brought together actor-level Jamie Fox and Hushpuppy Quévin Zani Wallis, who was in the fire of "Southern Beasts" the year before, and brought Jay Z to replay. song. The classic symbols are refurbished, but the result is not to be seen, and probably the producer was a little unexpected. Is it the filming is not good enough, or the audience's taste has changed. Regardless of the propaganda strategy, what is missing in the new version of "Annie"?
>> Struggling to post current topics: The development of public opinion on the Prism Gate social network must be discussed. This time both the father and Annie have changed from white actors to black. The identity of the billionaire father is no longer an arms dealer, but has changed to Will Stark, a telecommunications company predator and mayoral candidate. The irony brought out by the role of this candidate politician is strong. He is fighting for the position of mayor purely for the better development of his company. He will invite Anne to live at home purely to create a good personal image, compared to the old version of the color. His "hypocritical attitude" is further highlighted, and people can clearly feel the lack of faith. In the new version, there are many new settings that closely follow the times, which are impressive, mainly reflected in the following three parts. The first is the monitoring of all calls by mobile phone operators. When the black driver took Annie to the monitoring room of the "Never Drop" group, and said the sentence: Here you can find all the past call data, it is almost "Deliberately" let the audience "check their seats" to Snowden's exposure of the US intelligence agency to monitor public privacy incidents, considering that this year's feature Snowden's documentary "Fourth Citizen" was premiered at the New York Film Festival last year. A sensation, Hollywood's various intentional or unintentional mentions of this incident are really close to the hot spot of the times. The second is the vivid presentation of the double-edged sword attribute of the new Internet media meticulously to the camera. From the falsely "happy with the people" of the candidate mayor who was forced to drink food for the relief of the poor, the pictures were spewed out by various Twitter and Facebook pages. Reprinted, and even on Chinese video sites, they all talk about it. The power of social media is terrifying. It is a bit of a real to absurd sense of horror from the first episode of the British drama "Black Mirror" "The Prime Minister and the Pig"; Passers-by took photos of her and posted them on Twitter and Facebook after the false parents, to help Stark and Miss Hannigan understand Anne’s whereabouts. The social network is undoubtedly a great help, good use and bad use. It lies in the event itself. Finally, there is a satire on the "Twilight-style" teen movies and the abuse of special effects. In the episode of Mermaid vs. Humans that Stark took Anne and her friends to watch in the cinema, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher and Rihanna all appeared in surprise guest appearances. In "Picture-in-Picture", those fake special effects mermaid tears that brighten the protagonist’s face, the standard plot of Mary Su, where the mermaid heroine falls in love with humans and abandons the plan to attack the earth, coaxes a crowd of children to be intoxicated. People can't help but laugh knowingly. >>Unreasonable awkward plot: Even though life is OK, you still want to sing Hard-Knock Life? In addition to the several changes mentioned above that are in line with modern society, the new version of "Anne" in 2014 also has many unreasonable quirks. For example, the setting of the paragraphs of "It's the Hard-Knock Life" is very abrupt. Although the remix version of Jay Z is considered to have added modern elements, the original lyrics itself does not match the 2014 version of Annie at all. To be honest, from the movie screens, Annie’s living environment is already very good. There are 5 people in a neat room, with enough clean and tidy bedding, various clothes, and small cozy lamps. She sneaks out all day and night, and is loved by neighbors in the neighborhood. , But Cameron Diaz asked them to clean up Hard-Knock Life. The ragged Anne of the 1982 version was really crying in the living room. Another example is the "notes" left by the inexplicable parents, which made Annie keep longing for the existence of such wonderful parents, and at the end of the story she did not explain how the notes came. The old version of "Annie" at least explained that her parents had been burned to death by a fire many years ago, but the new version left suspense inexplicably. Is this the rhythm of the sequel? There is also the transformation of good people and bad people. The new version of "Anne" is missing the original super villain—Miss Hannigan's brother and sister-in-law, but instead uses Bobby Cannaval's staff alongside the rich father Stark as a villain. In the 82nd edition, Miss Hannigan became softhearted because of Anne’s life-threatening life. This turning point was handled more logically. In the 2014 edition, Miss Hannigan’s change was so sudden, just because I heard the secretary say something. "Annie praises you for singing very well", just because in the small shop, I had a heart-breaking conversation with the male partner N who had been secretly in love with him. Miss Hannigan, who had been so cruel for most of the play, sang songs and danced dramatically, becoming To be a good person, this is so stiff to be unreasonable. However, when I look back at the 1982 version of "Anne" when it first came out, it also encountered a lot of bad reviews. It was criticized for describing the orphans during the Great Depression as excessively cartooning, and the performance traces were too heavy. This film was not regarded as a classic until recent years. , But many people think it is because the audience who heard these songs when they were young grew up and began to nostalgia. >>How to fill the old bottle with new wine? Reluctant to be unwilling will only be unpleasant at both ends After reviewing the highlights of the new version, let's compare the influence of the time background on the plot of the new and old versions of "Annie". The story of "Anne" originated from the four-frame comic "The Orphan Anne" published in the newspaper in 1924. It tells that Anne, a girl who was bullied in an orphanage, was invited to her home by billionaire Warbuck, who infected the mansion with her optimism. Everyone, and finally had a father-daughter relationship with Mr. Warbuck, overcoming many difficulties and leaving the orphanage with a warm story. In 1977, "Annie" was adapted into a musical and played on Broadway, including the classics "Tomorrow" and "It' "s the Hard-Knock Life" has been sung to this day, and the play won 7 Tony Awards in the 70s. The period from 1970 to 1982 in the last century was a period of severe economic crisis in the United States. The unemployment rate marched towards double digits, and the prices of gold and oil rose. In 1982, John Houston made "Anne" into a movie. That version of "Anne" is basically faithful to the original story of Harold Gray's "Orphan Anne". The background is set in the 1930s. Under Anne’s “reconciliation”, Dad turned from a conservative who opposed Roosevelt’s New Deal to a supporter. The song "Tomorrow" sang people’s longings and expectations for a better tomorrow under adversity. It was in line with the social situation at the time and was very exciting. . In 1999, Rob Marshall directed another version of the TV movie for Disney, which paid more attention to the form of singing and dancing than the 82 version. This edition of "Anne" opened the road to the adaptation of the Marshall series of Broadway classic musicals. Later, he successively contributed "Chicago", "Nine" and other masterpieces, and recently filmed "Magic Black Forest", which is fighting in the award season. Although many critics believe that the value of "Annie" and "Magic Black Forest" are overestimated, in the final analysis, classic stories and music are just bottles. How to install new wine in the new version of the adaptation, and how the quality of the new wine determines it The key to whether you can sell money. It’s said that the movie makes dreams, "Anne" itself is an exciting story. Her birth is in line with the current situation. The Broadway adaptation in 1977 and the remake of 1982 are both meaningful. She is the kind of The worse the social situation, the more themes that can awaken people's beautiful dreams can be brought into play. Although the 2014 version of "Anne" pursues the plot changes made to fit contemporary reality, those ridicules and insinuations, those excessively "concise" songs and dances, and the originally superior living environment for orphans, have somewhat obliterated the incitement of classic stories. Great energy. Although it cannot be said that the new version has no social significance, but because the social significance and emotional focus of the classic themes are forcibly distorted, this adaptation can neither post the profound social significance of the old version nor play with the ultimate sense of form, joy and beauty. There is no benefit to both ends, and good actors are wasted in vain.
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